Grande Ronde Hospital received high marks in nurse-patient communications
By Paul Hall on Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
LA GRANDE – The following Oregon hospitals received the highest marks for nurse communication via the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.
At least 84 percent of patients at the hospitals responded that “nurses always communicated well.”
The figures are from the CMS Hospital Compare website and represent data released Jan. 26 based on data from July 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021 — three quarters rather than the customary four. Users should interpret the data with caution since it’s based on “fewer months of data, fewer discharged patients and fewer hospitals than normal,” according to CMS.
Note: Hospitals with fewer than 100 completed surveys were excluded from this list.
Grande Ronde Hospital (La Grande)
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center (Portland)
Mid-Columbia Medical Center (The Dalles)
Santiam Hospital (Stayton)
Peace Harbor Medical Center (Florence)
Samaritan Albany General Hospital
Willamette Valley Medical Center (McMinnville)
A statement from Grande Ronde Hospital:
This is a wonderful achievement, and very indicative of the amazing nurses and nurses aids that we have here at GRH. Nurses and Nurse’s Aides are the team members that spend the vast majority of their time at the patient’s bedside, delivering what is needed in a time of illness or recovery. These opportunities provide adequate time to create a positive, warm, and compassionate patient experience. It is those personal connections that make for a safe environment to ask questions and receive enough education to continue care when the patient leaves the safekeeping of our hospital. Nurses have long been regarded as one of the most highly respected professions in the United States, and this is surely reflected in those nurses that we are honored to call our own. The next time you see a nurse, tell them thank you. They may someday be the difference between a terrible hospital stay, and one that you will remember forever!
